''Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya'' (English: ''The king has fallen in love with the queen'') is a 2000 Indian Hindi film directed by

T. K. Rajeev Kumar Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer ...

, starring

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and

Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala (; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepalese actress who works in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil films and has also worked in few Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Nepali and English films. Known for her work in both comme ...

. This is the second

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film after Saat Rang Ke Sapne that

has ever acted in. The film commenced after the success of the Hindi version of Mani Ratnam's ''

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'', which featured the same lead pair. However the release was delayed by three years, until the producers won a

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case filed against them.

Cast

as Mohit Kumar *

as Manisha Malhotra *

Dilip Dhawan Dilip Dhawan (1955 – 15 February 2000) was an Indian film and television actor. He started his career as a child in '' Sangharsh'' (1968), featuring Dilip Kumar, Dhawan acted in over 50 films. Career He acted as the hero in the movie ''Arvin ...

as Rohit Kumar * Vanessa Francis as Raji *

Jennifer Winget Jennifer Winget (born 30 May 1985) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television along with Hindi films. She started her career as a child actor with the 1995 film '' Akele Hum Akele Tum'' and made her TV debut with '' Shaka Lak ...

as Tanu *

Dina Pathak Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi ...

as Mohit's grandmother *Shahbaz Khan * Nawab Shah *

Sushma Seth Sushma Seth (born 20 June 1936) is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first movie was '' Junoon'' in 1978. She is known ...

as Manisha's mother *

Tanvi Azmi Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress. Early life and career She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher. Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefi ...

as Meera Kumar *

Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like '' Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), '' Shrim ...

as Balu

Production

Producer Mohan encouraged Rajeev to do this film in Hindi as this plot would have a wider market and Rajeev felt this won't work out in Malayalam because of the fantasy element in the script.

Controversy

The film became controversial for the scene where Manisha plays with the elephant's tail.

Music

Given by

Jatin–Lalit Jatin–Lalit are an Indian film music director duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit. They have written the widely popular scores for films such as '' Yaara Dildara'', '' Khiladi'', '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'', '' Kabhi H ...

, with lyrics by

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2 ...

, audio on T-Series.

References

External links

* 2000 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Jatin–Lalit Films about elephants Indian children's films Films shot in Rajasthan Films based on fairy tales Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar 2000s children's films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub